...Catherine-Rose Stocks-Rankin, Dr Claire Lightowler and Professor Heather Wilkinson; Abenet Tsegai; Rebecca Gamiz Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of carers as coordinators of care in their own right. It outlines how statutory and voluntary agencies can work together...

...Ryan Woolrych; Judith Sixsmith Purpose Policy has identified the need for integrated dementia services for older people. However, the role of the formal carer within an integrated framework of service delivery has not been well articulated in practice. The aim of this paper is to understand...

... to integrated care legislation reform proposed for England and Wales. Ed Mitchell can be contacted at: mitchell.edwards9@googlemail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Integrated care Carers Devolution Vulnerable adults Legislation In July 2012, the Department of Health...

...Angela Burrows; Kenneth Gannon Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of providing health and well‐being checks and six months support to unpaid carers. Changes in carer stress will be measured between baseline and final assessment. Design/methodology/approach...

... the benefits to individuals and carers of improvements in integration. It follows the progress of a 91‐year‐old widow during a recent six‐week stay in hospital, and the difficulties she and her daughter encountered through professional and service faultlines and information blocks. Findings The paper...

...Jessie Roberts; Hannah Young; Ken Andrew; Anne McAlpine; James Hogg Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the outcome of wheelchair prescription procedures for carers supporting a wheelchair user with special reference to their health and well‐being. Design/methodology/approach...

...Charlotte McEvoy; Gerry Nosowska Purpose This paper aims to examine the barriers and enablers to working together in social care, focusing on the experiences of carers and practitioners. Design/methodology/approach The project employed a change project method which brings research and practice...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Independent living Health services Equal opportunities Community health services Personal health Carers It cannot be argued that it is tolerable for anyone to receive better or worse health and social care services simply because...

...Alex Fox This article reviews current policies and their impact on carers' lives, and highlights the potential limitations of a more personalised approach to care. Using some key research findings and illustrative case studies, the article argues that we should build on the achievements...

... of organisational learning. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Carers Collaboration Inquiry Mental Health Organisational Learning The Use of Collaboration feature to Produce More Effective Serious Incident Inquiry Reports Sherrie Hitchen DEVON PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST ABSTRACT A collaborative...

... of diverse stakeholders as vital to the future of health and social care partnerships, and proposes ways in which individuals and organisations from all stakeholder groups can support health and social care organisations to work together to deliver good outcomes to service users and their carers. © Emerald...

...John Dow This article looks at the key provisions of the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 and examines how far it represents a change to existing law. John The Carers (Equal Dow s legal column Opportunities) Act 2004 ABSTRACT This article looks at the key provisions of the Carers (Equal...